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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) has inaugurated two new bucket wheel excavators with an operating capacity of up to 6800 cu m/hr for its Mines-II Project. The 1400L excavators were erected and supplied by Takraf India Ltd, Chennai, in collaboration with Takraf GmbH, Germany.
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Eriez president and CEO Tim Shuttleworth announces the promotion of Tim Gland to director-Erie Operations. Gland joined Eriez a year ago as facilities director.
Before his employment at Eriez, Gland worked for Lord Corp. as director-chemical and mechanical operations. In that role, he was...

Particulate Systems, a brand of Micromeritics Instrument Corp., has completed the full acquisition of the H.E.L. Limited Subsieve Autosizer (SAS). The agreement was finalized on March 18, 2015.
Capitalizing on H.E.L.’s knowledge and experience in laboratory automation, the SAS has taken...

Eriez president and CEO Tim Shuttleworth announces the appointment of Lukas Guenthardt as executive vice president of global strategy & development.
Guenthardt recently joined Eriez in anticipation of Andy Lewis’ retirement from the role of vice president-international on April 10,...

H.J. Heinz Co. and Kraft Foods Group Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Co., forming the third largest food and beverage company in North America.
Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both Heinz and Kraft's...

Enviro-Care Co., Rockford, IL, has been acquired by the WAMGROUP, headquartered in Modena, Italy. WAM is a multi-national company that first entered the conveying market in 1969, and quickly expanded into all facets of bulk solids handling equipment. The company has thousands of installations...

The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) applauded the introduction of legislation that will create a national, science-based labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and urged Congress to quickly pass the bill.
The legislation, which will ensure that...

According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC), as measured on a three-month moving average (3 MMA) basis, the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) continued to expand, rising by 0.2 percent in February following a downwardly revised 0.3 percent gain in January.
The gain in...

Micromeritics announces the availability of MicroActive Share, a cloud-based infrastructure in its product portfolio. This release provides a new platform for bringing together internal and external data protected in a cloud environment for its academic customers, and frees users from only being...